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2025 DAILYLAW 25496 (HP)

LEELA DEVI v. THE STATE OF HP AND OTHERS

CWP/14818/2025 · 2025-09-12

Jyotsna Rewal Dua

Civil Appealbody2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 14818/2025 Decided on: 12.09.2025 Leela Devi …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Ors. .…Respondents. ………………………………………………………………………………. Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Mr. Suresh Saini, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. Tek Ram Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.4. Jyotsna Rewal Dua , J Notice. Mr. Y.P.S. Dhaulta, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 2. Petitioner primarily seeks benefits of Old Pension Scheme on completion of requisite years of service. Benefit has been claimed on the strength of decisions rendered in Sunder Singh Vs. State of H.P. & Ors.2, Balo Devi & others Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others3 and Reshmo Devi Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.4 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? yes 2Civil Appeal No. 6309 of 2017, decided on 08.03.2018 3 Civil Appeal No.4792 of 2022 decided on 18.07.2022 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had represented to the respondents/competent authority on 15.07.2025 (Annexure P-8) for the redressal of her grievance raised in this writ petition. The respondents/competent authority have not considered and decided petitioner’s aforesaid representation till date. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner would be satisfied, in case, she is permitted to make a comprehensive representation for the redressal of her grievances to the respondents/competent, whereafter, the said respondent/competent authority be directed to decide the representation to be made by her within time bound schedule. Learned Additional Advocate General has no objection to this prayer. 4. In view of above, this writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner to make a comprehensive representation to the respondents/competent authority, within a period of two weeks from today, whereafter, the same shall be considered and decided, in accordance with law, within a further period of six weeks. The order so passed be also communicated to the petitioner. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. Jyotsna Rewal Dua Judge 12th September, 2025(rohit) 4 CWP No. 11004/2025 decided a/w connected matters on 10.07.2025